I don't think his at-bats have changed a lot. Sometimes, you just don't get hits. The biggest thing is you keep your frustration level down, and he has seemed to work through that. |
I don't think I necessarily have a philosophy where you can put a term on it, |
I don't think there's any question about the heart of these kids. They want to win, and they want to be big-league players. It's us growing up as a team and eliminating minor mistakes and getting better every day. |
I don't worry about him defensively. I think you'll see a lot better defensive player in six weeks. They're all going to school right now. |
I have to make several duplicates of every scorecard. |
I just can't wait to watch him work. I can't think of anyone better to coach the infield. |
I just think they're excited. Miguel Cabrera unloaded the bags. He was calling out the numbers. It was kind of humorous. |
I just turned away. Maybe we should have him out for early work, practicing head-first sliding, I don't know. |
I just want him to be himself. Don't try to do too much -- because I'm not going to let you do too much -- because it's my job to make sure that he doesn't get away from what he does and who he is. |
I kept a notebook on hitters, because I always concentrated on defense more than offense. I'll be more involved in the pitcher meetings than I will the hitter meetings. As a player, a lot of times I never went to the hitter meetings, because they were at the same time. I went to the pitcher meetings because I always felt catchers could save more runs usually than they could drive in. |
I kicked it around in my head. It's basically just been a thought in my head. I haven't spoken to him about it. |
I kind of got emotional watching them play. They were trying so hard. Our guys grew up a little bit tonight. |
I know it's not as quickly as he would like. I noticed the other day he was a little miserable that it didn't respond the way he would have liked. |
I know that Jeffrey and Larry will do the best they can to get me the best product on the field. We're not exactly sure what the team is going to be, but I know they're going to give me a winner. |
I learned a ton of things from Joe, |